She had exited the store through the front door and was walking to
her car in a parking lot behind the building when a robber approached
and called out to her, Weaver said. The store manager quickly got into
her car and locked its doors.

"Then the guy pointed a gun at her and told her to open the door," Weaver said. "She did and he grabbed her purse and ran off."

He fled west from the scene on foot, Weaver said.

Lancaster city police and a tracking canine helped township police search for the robber, but he was not found.

The store manager was not injured, Weaver said.

Loss was limited to her purse and its contents, he said. She did not have any money from the store at the time.

The robber was described as a black man in his 20s, about 5 feet 8
inches tall and 130 pounds, he said. He was wearing a gray and black
knit hat and a hooded sweatshirt.